(MC POV)
*A few days ago*
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I brought Sophia to my room, sitting her down at my table where the two of us could have a talk, alone.
"Right, so we're alone now, what's this big secret that you only wanted to share with that happened after your possession?"
She smiled at , "That was a lie actually. I can't show what happened when I was possessed since I did not rember it. Being possessed does that to your mories, Master Lin. Although, I do rember one thing which I don't think your disciples will like seeing."
I raised an eyebrow at her as a silent query.
She stretched out her hand and an image appeared in front of us, showing a picture of the younger embracing younger Sophia in a kiss.
She smiled at the picture as though it was so kind of fond mory, "I believe you did that to snap out of it. How you did it still eludes but… That was my first kiss, you know?"
"I don't know how to respond to that," I answered truthfully.
In fact, I'm kind of glad I lost my mories now… If I was that bad during my first eting with Sophia, I don't want to know what I'm usually like especially with my sisters.
Sophia giggled, "Gufufu~ No need to, I liked it. If you want to, I wouldn't mind a reenactnt of it."
I waved my hand, "I'll pass."
"Sha. I had forgotten the taste."
"Right. So tell , what really happened to you? You even joined up with the Dark Sect of all places when you could have just co back to Heaven Sect to seek refuge."
Her demonic tail swished idly behind her, "Hmmm… From where would you like to hear?"
"From the very beginning, perhaps?"
She sighed, "Master Lin, I assure you, my life story isn't as exciting as you think it might be. What I had summarised for you is basically what happened. Even as a demon, I was just stuck in that tower acting as a battery for the fake demon lord."
"Well, that's the thing, where did this fake demon lord even co from?"
"That was the friend that I trusted who cursed in the first place. Blinded by the lure of power, he cursed to turn into a demon so that he could gain power. But so twisted was the power that he lost his humanity as well, turning into that monstrosity you saw in that mory."
Huh, why would anyone think that was a good idea? Taking so kind of dark power to strengthen yourself can never lead to a good end. What kind of person would resort to this?
You know what, don't answer that.
"Alright, in that case, why the Dark Sect?"
She shrugged, "At that point, I thought the Dark Sect would be my best bet to learn more about this curse. No Sect would accept a demon into their midst after all, even if they happened to be their past Sect Master. Unfortunately for , the Dark Sect knew as much about the curse as I did. Or at least, the people I ca in contact with knew next to nothing."
"Odd, I thought the younger would have insisted you stay with ?"
"Oh, you did. But I believe Master Lin knows what kind of uproar would be created if a ten year old brought back a demon lord to his house, right? Thus I rejected your offer and went out alone. Was it foolish? Perhaps. But I am not the kind of person who would put my own benefactor in a precarious position of my own choosing."
A demon lord with morals, who knew? Then again, she's not really a demon lord so I guess that makes sense.
"So I assu you did a lot of things for the Dark Sect?" I asked, leaning on my hand.
She shook her head, "You might be surprised but no. I made myself seem weaker than I really was and they never really bothered to assign on anything important. I believe they trusted demons as far as they could throw them and I was no exception. No one really bothered to get to know ."
"Hmmm… But now you chose to co to . Why?"
She propped up her chin with a hand, "Oh, when your first love has grown up into a strapping young man, how could a lady like myself resist the temptation?"
"Very funny. No really."
Sophia pouted, "That is part of the reason you know? But fine. Where else could a demon like myself find refuge on this Plane? Hiding out in a hole for the rest of my life doesn't sound exactly what I want to go through. I've got enough of being stuck in a small room for a lifeti."
"You weren't worried I would have rejected you? Maybe even killed you?"
"If you recall, the younger you did plead for to stay with you, though I had no idea you lost your mories at that point. I thought you might still welco and if you didn't, you wouldn't just kill on sight."
I scratched my chin, "Hmmm… Makes sense. Still, the right now isn't exactly familiar with you."
"Gufufu~ We have a lot of ti to learn about each other, don't we?"
That actually gave an idea.
They say that once you cross swords with soone, you'll learn more about them than you ever could from just talking.
I did learn a lot of things about my disciples from our battles, both during our normal training and our night ti activities.
"Hey, want to spar? Just a quick one?" I suggested.
Sophia raised an eyebrow at , "Unless you have sowhere that is completely deserted, our fight will level this entire mountain, Master Lin."
"Oh, in that case…" I snapped my fingers, teleporting the two of us to the place I had my fight with Lilith. "Would this place do?"
She looked around the place, "Is this… Where you had that big fight with whatever the Dark Sect had tried to summon?"
"Hmm? Were you not aware of who they summoned?"
"No, mooks like were kept out of the loop, I'm afraid. Not that they would have told a demon like myself anyway."
"Well, you're better off not knowing. So would this place do?"
She turned to , her amber eyes turning red in colour while her demonic tattoos glowed slightly, "If you wouldn't mind an unworthy opponent like myself, Master Lin. It would be an honour to spar with you."
"Oh, likewise," I greeted back, laying down my protection inscription in the area.
With a nod of our heads as the signal, she raised her hand into the air as though in prayer before pulling them down.
I raised my own hands just in ti to stop the giant ball of Dark energy from dropping right on top of , the ball exploding outwards and spewing black miasma everywhere that corroded everything it touched.
With my hands still raised, I clenched my fists and dropped my arms to my sides, pulling the air in between us apart.
Sophia crossed her arms in front of her chest, creating an impromptu shield that managed to protect her from the invisible wind explosion I created.
Undeterred, I pulled back my fist and punched forward, blasting a spear that was mixed with Light and Dark Quarks at her.
Her tattoos glowed white in colour and she lifted her palm to point at my spear, stopping it in midair.
I watched in fascination as she turned the spear around and shot it right back at , the way she took over my own Technique was nothing short of masterful.
Oops, no ti to admire her skill now.
I clad my fist in a layer of Pure Elental Quarks and backhanded the spear into the sky, letting it implode itself above our heads.
Manipulating the earth under my feet, I wrapped my legs in mounds of dirt to anchor myself just as a black hole was created above us.
I could hear her clicking her teeth from here since she hadn't expected that to happen, her entire body already being lifted into the air.
Sophia reached her hand towards the black hole and clenched, creating another black hole right beside mine.
Both of them quickly rged together and collapsed the space between them, winking out of existence as suddenly as they had appeared.
She's definitely Master level at least, her prowess is undeniable.
Just as that thought crossed my mind, she turned to with dark mist enveloped around her, her irises seemingly afla.
Looks like she decided to step up her ga now.
This should be an interesting spar.
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